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Jewish Orthodoxy

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Noun1.Jewish Orthodoxy - Jews who strictly observe the Mosaic law as interpreted in the Talmud
Hebraism, Jewish religion, Judaism - Jews collectively who practice a religion based on the Torah and the Talmud
Chasidim, Chassidim, Hasidim, Hasidism, Hassidim - a sect of Orthodox Jews that arose out of a pietistic movement originating in eastern Europe in the second half of the 18th century; a sect that follows the Mosaic law strictly
Haredi - any of several sects of Orthodox Judaism that reject modern secular culture and many of whom do not recognize the spiritual authority of the modern state of Israel
Orthodox Jew - Jew who practices strict observance of Mosaic law


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Yet Enlightenment values of universalism have never been incorporated into the body of Jewish orthodoxy.
English Heritage's planning and development director for the North-East, Carol Pyrah, said: "It is to be hoped a sympathetic new use can be found for the synagogue in a town which was once a bastion of Jewish Orthodoxy.
“They see themselves as in America but not of America,” said Jeffrey Gurock, a professor of Jewish history in New York at Yeshiva University and the author of American Jewish Orthodoxy in Historical Perspective.
 
 
 
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